The Wisdom of Football... and Drinking

"When it's third and ten, you can take the milk drinkers, and I'll take the whiskey drinkers every time." — Max McGee, former wide receiver, Green Bay Packers

"The best way to die is to sit under a tree, eats lots of bologna and salami, drink a case of beer and blow up." — Art Donovan, former defensive tackle, Baltimore Colts

"Football is violence and cold weather and sex and college rye." — Roger Kahn, journalist

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"You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline — it helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer." — Frank Zappa, musician

"If you have a 7 A.M. tailgate opening and a 7 P.M. kickoff, you can invite some issues." — Terry Denbow, former vice president of University Relations at Michigan State University

"It's shattering when a player loses interest in camp. When you lost your interest in standing around eating steaks, you lose everything." — John McKay, former head coach, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

"Wait it out with a six-pack of beer and a football game." — James Griffin, former mayor of Buffalo, on how to handle a blizzard